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New Leaders Take Center Stage at Advisory Council Meeting in January
This was the first meeting at which NIAID Director Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo shared remarks before NIAID's Advisory Council. It was also the first time that guest speaker Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, NIH Director, addressed our Council.
Opportunities and Resources
Apply for research support to study basic mechanisms and biomarkers of trained immunity (i.e., innate immune memory), plus the functional implications of trained immunity.
A new opportunity supports radiation research at all stages of development for identifying biomarkers of injury and developing assays or devices for the purpose of triage, including assessing absorbed dose or predicting health outcomes of acute or delayed injuries.
Apply to test and evaluate non-viral technologies capable of delivering RNA-based therapeutics into disease-relevant cells and tissues in vivo through a new notice of special interest.
In The News
Our online database serves as a central resource for country-specific clinical research requirements for regulatory and ethics approval, clinical trial lifecycle, sponsor responsibilities, informed consent, investigational products, and specimens.
If a recipient does not submit all required closeout reports within a year of the period of performance end date, NIH must unilaterally close the grant and report the recipient's failure to comply with the terms and conditions of award.
The direct salary for individuals under NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards cannot exceed “Executive Level II” of the Federal Executive pay scale. Effective January 1, 2024, the salary limitation for Executive Level II is $221,900.
Simplified Review Criteria Will Receive a Soft Launch; Provide Input on HIV Research Priorities Before March 28, 2024; Attend Virtual Seminar on Opportunities for Early-Career Researchers; NIH Has a YouTube Channel for Grants Policy Discussions
Advice Corner
NIH defines a clinical trial as a research study in which one or more human subjects are prospectively assigned to one or more interventions (which may include placebo or other control) to evaluate the effects of those interventions on health-related biomedical or behavioral outcomes.
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